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Drinking just one alcoholic beverage per day shortens your lifespan by this insane amount
2024-07-08
[NYPOST] Hark! Is that prohibition knocking at the back door? Give it a nickle and tell it to go get a booster shot... On second thought, don't give it a nickle.
As it turns out, consuming just one alcoholic beverage per day — whether it be a pint of beer, a glass of wine or a shot of your favorite spirit — can shorten your lifespan by approximately two-and-a-half months, one expert asserts

Dr. Tim Stockwell, of the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, told Daily Mail that those who drink significantly more alcohol than that — about 35 beverages a week — could slash a staggering two years off their lifespan.
Posted by:Fred

#22  Another Linear No-Threshold Study?
Posted by: magpie   2024-07-08 14:37  

#21  I have a lot of kidney stones. My urologist told me to drink one beer a day.
Posted by: Deacon+Blues   2024-07-08 13:55  

#20  ..."can shorten your lifespan"..."one expert asserts"...your mileage may vary. Classic assumption of the specific outcome derived from generalizations. Clickbait in effect!
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2024-07-08 12:58  

#19  I'll be a drunk doc; that'll work!
Posted by: Neville+Shavish3973   2024-07-08 12:21  

#18  So Bill Gates and the WHO should be pushing free beer, as this fits into their population reduction nicely...
Posted by: 49 Pan   2024-07-08 11:08  

#17  ^ Nothing wrong with your thinking.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-07-08 10:32  

#16  i am 87. i had my first drink around 1950 and my last drink around 1979 i quit not because it was effecting my health but because it effected my thinking (suey-side anyone) i now take 2 or 3 non alcoholic beers daily because i like the taste.
Posted by: irish rage boy   2024-07-08 10:18  

#15  My doctors always ask me this question on every visit - 'How many beers do you drink in a week?' I answer by laughing, then saying 'Lots!'
Posted by: Raj   2024-07-08 09:46  

#14  Not just another government funded study but a Canadian government funded study.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2024-07-08 09:43  

#13  As Willie Nelson said, "There are more old drunks than there are old doctors, so I guess I'll have another round."

I don't know how much he drinks, but something is keeping him going at 91.
Posted by: EMS Artifact   2024-07-08 09:23  

#12  Exactly. Apparently I died somewhere around 2001 according to this bullshit.
Posted by: DarthVader   2024-07-08 09:07  

#11  According to the article, I never made it past my 23rd birthday....
Posted by: Mercutio   2024-07-08 08:40  

#10  So, you can be tetotal and live a longer, joyless life.
This is what they have planned for us.
Posted by: ed in texas   2024-07-08 08:14  

#9  If you're really interested in any study, you've got to get past the biased 'reporting' and search read the study for assumptions, limitations, and need for more research to determine if it's worth worrying about.

I learned this from the CDC-sponsored mask study reported as proof masks are vital one day, and useless the next day. Reading parts of the the original study showed it hopelessly flawed and pointless.

Dig in!
Posted by: Bobby   2024-07-08 08:05  

#8  The Canadians seem to be big into killing terminally ill patients, so this should be good news for the ghouls there.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2024-07-08 05:59  

#7  
Flip Side
Not having the occasional single drink to relax, unwind and off load a bad day of stress, could reduce a person's life by 10+ years.
Posted by: NN2N1   2024-07-08 04:40  

#6  Ah'm so far ahead, ah'm behind.
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-07-08 03:59  

#5  At first I was wondering why this is under "Politics" but then I realized Fred is must have had a beer or two when posting this.
Posted by: Whavick Scourge of the Apes9857   2024-07-08 02:46  

#4  Okay I read the article, piffff!

At my age, two months to two years is nothing, I'll keep drinking my bedtime shot or two a day!

It's pretty much the only way I can keep the aches and joint pains at bay so I can sleep peacefully!
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance   2024-07-08 02:04  

#3  Or maybe just better for you than listening to "Experts."
Posted by: Fred   2024-07-08 02:04  

#2  Rea;;y, then how do you account for all them 100 plus years olds that drink at least one shot a day?

Maybe it's that whiskey is better for you than vodka?
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance   2024-07-08 01:53  

#1  If you don’t drink you’ll live longer… or at least it will seem that way.
Posted by: Glenmore   2024-07-08 00:55  

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